ASPR/TRACIE is pleased to announce the release of four new chapters in their online guidebook:
- Community Integration focuses on how hospitals work with partners to boost integrated community planning that improves both hospital readiness and community resilience.
- Hospital Emergency Management Leadership outlines key elements of hospital emergency management leadership.
- Practical ICS for Hospitals focuses on how the incident command system structure can be effectively applied to the hospital environment.
- Emergency Management Basics and the Emergency Management Cycle provides an overview of the field, describes the emergency management cycle, and highlights how hospitals can use risk analyses to identify what emergencies are most likely to affect the hospital and their potential impact.
Hospital Readiness and Response: An Online Guidebook currently contains 17 chapters designed to help those who are new to their positions (e.g., emergency managers, medical directors, and others in leadership positions) or have been recruited to serve on a multidisciplinary team charged with developing and maintaining an emergency management program.